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Long-term genetic consequences of mammal reintroductions into an Australian conservation reserve
Sustaining genetic diversity is critical for the long-term survival of wildlife populations. This study found that, 18 years after the first translocations, the genetic diversity of the Reserve's stick-nest rats, bandicoots, bilbies and bettongs were all close to, or exceeding the levels measured in the founding animals.
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Too much of a good thing: successful reintroduction leads to overpopulation in a threatened mammal
In 17 years, the Reserve's burrowing bettong population rose from 30 individuals to a density 10x higher than wild populations. This paper documents an increase in damage to palatable plant species and decline in greater stick-nest rat abundance as bettong abundance increased.
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Interactions between a Top Order Predator and Exotic Mesopredators in the Australian Rangelands
This study investigated whether dingoes can suppress cat and fox populations. All three species were GPS collared and released into a 37 square km exclosure. In 17 days, the dingoes killed every fox. All cats died in 3 months, with dingoes responsible for at least half of the deaths. This provides evidence that dingoes can suppress both species, particularly foxes.
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Predator exposure improves anti‐predator responses in a threatened mammal
Burrowing bettongs are naive to the threat of feral cats, and this has led to their extinction outside feral-free havens. This study exposed bettongs in a 26 square km exclosure to low densities of feral cats. After 18 months, cat-exposed bettongs had improved their anti-predator behaviours.
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The efficacy of feral cat, fox and rabbit exclusion fence designs for threatened species protection
The integrity of feral-free reserves is only as strong as its fence. This study tested a range of fence designs to exclude feral cats, foxes and rabbits.
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Reversing the effects of evolutionary prey naivete through controlled predator exposure
After two years of exposure to low densities of feral cats, bilbies developed better predator-avoidance behaviours and survived better than naive bilbies when both were translocated to an area with higher densities of feral cats.
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Peer Reviewed Publications
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Saxon-Mills, E.C., Moseby, K., Blumstein, D.T. and Letnic, M. (2018). Prey naïvetè and the anti-predator responses of a vulnerable marsupial to known and novel predators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72(151): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2568-5.
May 1, 2019
Steindler, L.A., Blumstein, D.T., West, R., Moseby, K.E. and Letnic, M. (2018). Discrimination of introduced predators by ontogenetically naïve prey scales with duration of shared evolutionary history. Animal Behaviour, 137: 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.013.
West, R.S., Blumstein, D.T., Letnic, M. and Moseby, K.E. (2018). Searching for an effective pre-release screening tool for translocations: can trap temperament predict behaviour and survival in the wild?. Biodiversity and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-018-1649-0.
White, L.C., Moseby, K.E., Thomson, V.A., Donnellan, S.C. and Austin, J.J. (2018). Long-term genetic consequences of mammal reintroductions into an Australian conservation reserve. Biological Conservation, 219: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.038.
Crisp, H., Pedler, R. and Moseby, K.E. (2017). The use of hair tubes in detecting irruptive arid-zone rodents. Australian Mammalogy, https://doi.org/10.1071/AM15025.
April 30, 2019
Legge, S., Murphy, B., McGregor, H.W., Woinarski, J., Augusteyn, J., D., Ballard, G., Baseler, M., Buckmaster, T., Dickman, C.R., Doherty, T.S., Edwards, G., Eyre, T.J., Fancourt, B.A., Ferguson, D., Forsyth, D.M., Geary, W.L., Gentle, M.N, Gillespie, G., Greenwood, L., Hohnen, R., Hume, S., Johnson, C.N., Maxwell, M., McDonald, P.J., Morris, K., Moseby, K.E., Newsome, T.M., Nimmo, D., Paltridge, R.M., Ramsey, D., Read, J.L., Rendall, A., Rich, M., Ritchie, E.G., Rowland, J., Short, J., Stokeld, D., Sutherland, D.R., Wayne, A.F., Woodford, L. and Zewe, F. (2017). Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?. Biological Conservation, 206: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.032.
Linley, G.D., Moseby, K.E. and Paton, D.C. (2017). Vegetation damage caused by high densities of burrowing bettongs (Bettongia lesueur) at Arid Recovery. Australian Mammalogy, 39(1): 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM15040.
Mills, C.H., Gordon, C.E. and Letnic, M. (2017). Rewilded mammal assemblages reveal the missing ecological functions of granivores. Functional Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12950.
Prior, L.D., Hua, Q. and Bowman, D.M.J.S. (2017). Demographic vulnerability of an extreme xerophyte in arid Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1071/BT17150.
West, R., Letnic, M., Blumstein, D.T. and Moseby, K.E. (2017). Predator exposure improves anti-predator responses in a threatened mammal. Journal of Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12947.
Atkins, R., Blumstein, D.T., Moseby, K.E., West, R., Hyatt, M. and Letnic, M. (2016). Deep evolutionary experience explains mammalian responses to predators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70(10): 1755-1763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2181-4.
Bannister, H.L., Lynch, C.E. and Moseby, K.E. (2016). Predator swamping and supplementary feeding do not improve reintroduction success for a threatened Australian mammal, Bettongia lesueur. Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM15020.
Pedler, R.D. and Lynch, C.E. (2016). An unprecedented irruption and breeding of Flock Bronzewings Phaps histrionica in central South Australia. Australian Field Ornithology, 33: 1-13.
Pedler, R.D., Brandle, R., Read, J.L., Southgate, R., Bird, P. and Moseby, K.E. (2016). Rabbit biocontrol and landscape-scale recovery of threatened desert mammals. Conservation Biology, 30(4): 774-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12684.
Clarke, L. J., Weyrich, L. S. and Cooper, A. (2015). Reintroduction of locally extinct vertebrates impacts arid soil fungal communities. Molecular Ecology, 24: 3194-3205. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13229.
April 29, 2019
Moseby, K.E., Carthey, A. and Schroeder, T. (2015). The influence of predators and prey naivety on reintroduction success; current and future directions. In: Armstrong, D.P., Hayward, M.W., Moro, D. and Seddon, P.J. (eds.). Advances in Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
Moseby, K.E., Blumstein, D.T. and Letnic, M. (2015). Harnessing natural selection to tackle the problem of prey naïvete. Evolutionary Applications, 9(2): https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12332.
Newsome, T.M, Ballard G, Crowther, M.S., Dellinger, J.A., Fleming, P.J.S., Glen, A.S., Greenville, A.C., Johnson, C.N., Letnic, M., Moseby, K.E., Nimmo, D.G., Nelson, M.P., Read, J.L., Ripple, W.J., Ritchie, E.G., Shores, C.R., Wallach, A.D., Wirsing A.J. and Dickman, C.R. (2015). Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology, 23: 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12186.
Read, J.L. and Scoleri, V. (2015). Ecological implications of reptile mesopredator release in arid South Australia. Journal of Herpetology, 49: 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1670/13-208.
Schroeder, T., Lewis, M. M., Kilpatrick, A. D. and Moseby K. E. (2015). Dingo interactions with exotic mesopredators: spatiotemporal dynamics in an Australian arid-zone study. Wildlife Research, 42: 529-539. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR15104.
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